Actio Quod Metus Causa

In the civil law. An action granted by unlawful force, or fear (metus causa) that was not groundless (metus probabilis or Justus), to deliver, sell, or promise a thing to another. Bracton, fol. 103b; 1 Mackeld. Civ. Law, p. 120, § 216. ACTIO (or INTERDICTUM) QUOD VI aut clam.

In the civil law. An action which lay where one forcibly or clandestinely (vi aut clam) erected or demolished a building on his own or another's ground, and thereby unlawfully injured another; its object being to get everything restored to its former condition, and to obtain damages. Dig. 43. 24. 1. Bracton gives this action a place in his system of remedies, defining it as one which lay against him who had erected or prostrated a building on another's land, and concealed himself in order to avoid being prevented from doing it {et se occultavit, ne sibi prohiberetur), and observes that the offender might by this action be compelled to restore everything to its former state, at his own expense. Bracton, fols. 103b, 104a. ACTIO REAL IS (Lat) A real action. The proper term in the civil law was rei vindicatio.

In ‘the civil law. An action granted toone who had been compelled by unlawiul force, or fear (metis causa) that was not groundless, (metus probabilis or justus,) to deliver, sell, or promise a thing to another. SBract. fol. 1030; Mackeld. Rom. Law, § 226,

In the civil law. An action granted to one who had been compelled by unlawful force, or fear (metus catisa) that was not groundless, (meius probabilis or Justus,) to deliver, sell or promise a thing to another. Bract, hi 103 b. 1 MackeU. Civ. Law, 120, § 216. ACTIO or INTERDICTUM QUOD VI